Chicken Enchilada

For some reason our whole family loves these, maybe because they are so rich. This recipe is not the easiest but certainly one of the tastiest.

3 tablespoons Butter
1 cup Chopped Onions
1/4 can (1 oz of 4 oz can) green chilies, chopped
1 Clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 Cups Cubed cooked chicken (I frequently use the Oven Fried Chicken leftovers)
2 teaspoons Flour
1 1/2 Cups of Chicken Broth
1 Cup Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
12 x 6inch Corn Tortillas

Saute onions, chilies and garlic in 1 tablespoon of butter. Stir in chicken cubes; set aside. Over low heat, combine flour and remaining butter, stir in Chicken broth and 1/2 cup of cheese. Stirring constantly, continue cooking until sauce begins to thicken and boil. IMPORT TRICK: Keep sause hot while doing next step!

Dip each tortilla into hot sauce to soften; fill with 2 heaping tablespoons chicken mixture, roll up. Arrange in about 9 x 13 x 2 inch baking dish. Combine remaining sauce with leftover filling; pour over rolls. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Bake in 350^o oven for 30 minutes or until heated through.

I serve chicken enchiladas with Spanish rice, beans and a salad.

Star Trek New Voyages - World Enough and Time

Just released and having just watch it I am very impressed with the latest episode of the continuing adventures of the Original Star Trek Fan based series "Star Trek New Voyages" called "World Enough and Time". It successfully features a couple of the original series' actors, George Takei as Hikaru Sulu and Grace Lee Whitney as Janice Rand as well as Majel Roddenberry reprising her Enterprise Computer Voice role.

This time the story line, acting and filming is the best of all of the Star Trek New Voyages series so far. Despite a few unrealistic button pushing frenzies by the actors and a few scenes that dragged just a tad too long, I was emotinally drawn in as I had never been before by other any fan based video. This group keeps getting better and better in each of their releases. I hope this level of quality and entertainment can be keep up for the next 2 part installment previewed at the end of this episode.

The only drawback I had was taking several hours to fully load the best quality video onto my system, which I know will improve as it is released more widely onto additional mirror download sites. I highly recommend this and applaud the many actors, crew and tradespersons who gave their time freely to this quality production and look forward to the additional bloopers, trailers and any other releases to round out this episode for me to cut a DVD to add to my growing collection.

So Much Free Time - So Much Star Trek

I never meant this blog to be a critical review on fan based Star Trek films but there are getting to be so many appearing on the Web. The favorite is still Star Trek New Voyages, based on the highest number of downloads, but not necessarily the best. Not to say that Star Trek Farragut is better with it's fat Klingons, weak dialog and horrid original music.
Star Trek Farragut takes place in the same universe and time as the original Star Trek series and, in fact, exchanges sets and props with the Star Trek New Voyage crew. This crew is unique and, so far, all human based. But the true star of the this show is the outstanding graphics and effects.